Phoenician lime for Phoenician wine: Iron Age plaster from a wine press at Tell el-Burak, Lebanon

• Autores: Adriano Orsingher, Silvia Amicone, Jens Kamlah, Hélène Sader, Christoph Berthold
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 94, Nº 377, 2020, págs. 1224-1244
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Despite the importance of wine in the Iron Age Mediterranean, known structures associated with its production are rare. Recent excavations at Phoenician Tell el-Burak have now revealed the first Iron Age wine press in Lebanon. Its remarkable state of preservation enables a systematic study of its plaster to be made as well as a comparison with two other plastered installations at the site. Archaeometric analyses offer new data concerning the composition and technology of Iron Age lime-plaster production, confirming the existence of a local and innovative tradition of plaster production in southern Phoenicia. These results contribute to the wider discussion of Phoenician technology in the broader Iron Age Mediterranean.